ST. GEORGE – A man wanted in Minnesota for a probation violation was arrested in Enoch Tuesday for the alleged rape of a child.
Mark Anthony Jacobs, 38, was arrested by Enoch City Police and charged with first-degree felonies for the rape of a child and the sodomy of the child, according to a probable cause statement.
The police were contacted on last Saturday by the parents of a 12-year-old girl who told them Jacobs had sexually assaulted her mid-February. The girl told her parents that Jacobs put her face down on a bed and proceeded to assault her.
According to the probable cause statement, Jacobs is listed as a wanted person on the FBI’s National Crime Information Center database for a probation violation.
“Mark absconded from Minnesota while on probation,” the arresting Enoch City Police officer wrote in the statement.
Due to having fled from Minnesota, Jacobs is likely a flight risk, the officer wrote. The girl’s parents also told police they were concerned for their family’s safety due to Jacobs having possible access to a firearm at the residence where he has been staying.
Jacobs was arrested and booked in the Iron County Correctional Facility.
According to the Utah courts website, first-degree felonies have a potential sentence of five years to life in prison, as well as a fine of up to $10,000.
Persons arrested or charged are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law or as otherwise decided by a trier-of-fact.
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Not even a bullet to his head is enough justice. Hope he “gets it” in prison.
I agree…he’ll “get it” from the be-hind. scum….
What is it about Enoch and child rapists? That’s where those two religious wing nuts were found after a child abduction. They planned to ‘marry” each others female children.
He will probably get off Scott free and continue stealing from the storage units around town he works at and the little old lady he lives with.